The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Yorick

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"Shakespeare, wait up," Zach calls. I turn and see him jogging up to me. "How'd it

go?"

He hands me a sandwich which is great because I completely missed lunch and I'm starved. "Not great. They were going to kick me out until I told them that Cyra is my fated mate."

"Is she going to be okay that they know?" he asks.

"Don't know. But it couldn't be helped. Thad wouldn't have killed that little shit if she wasn't. And like I pointed out to Alpha Leo, if they were doing their job like they should be, our group wouldn't have been attacked two days in a row right in front of them.

*I'm guessing he didn't like hearing that," he says.

"No, he didn't. But the others were at least cool about it. Alpha Nevaeh took responsibility and Warrior Soren talked about staying closer to the match to keep watch over it," I say.

He looks over at me. "And you don't think that's going to be enough?" he asks, catching the change in my voice.

"Let me ask you something. What did you think of the skill set of the guy I killed?"

He looks at me. "He was weak, weaker than I'd expect for someone admitted to the Warrior Academy. Why?"

"I don't know, but it doesn't make sense. How does someone like that get into this Academy when they must have hundreds, maybe thousands of applications every year. You can't tell me he was the best candidate of all the applicants. Any one of my three underage sisters could have taken that guy down."

"You think someone got paid off to admit him?" Zach asks.

I stop as we get close to the classrooms.

"Alpha Leo runs this school, right? He's the head instructor, and he's standing by letting that asshole take out Cyra's knee, a potentially Academy ending injury. He should have intervened before Thad did. And he was the only one who didn't accept any responsibility for that guy's death or what happened. The others did. Something just feels off with him. He almost seemed aggravated that he couldn't eject me from the school."

"Well, you did make him look bad, like he has zero control over anything going on. I mean first Cyra's knee and then you killed that guy, all while he was just standing there picking his nose. But I agree with you. You'd think someone like that would have a better handle on what's going on, especially early on in the year."

We start walking again, needing to get to class. I don't want to give Alpha Leo any more fuel to try and kick me out.

"Are you going to see her after class?" he asks as we walk in. I glance at Megan but ignore her, walking over to sit with our friends.

"As soon as classes are done, I'm heading over."

"Mind if we come see her?" Zach asks as we join the others.

"I'm sure she'd love that. She'll probably be out of it though," I tell him.

"That's okay. At least she'll know we were there, Piper says.

"Are you planning to sleep in her room?" Zach'asks.

"Absolutely

dinner. Maybe we can visit

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she'll be up for eating by then too,"

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somehow manage to get through classes, using Cyra's request for my notes as my incentive to focus. But the few hours away from her are some

I walk in,

"How is she?"

through surgery well. She's still sleeping but you can go sit with her. Let her wake up on her

I

true? She's your fated mate?" she

Is that important for

why we have dead student. It also means I won't try to kick you out

go see my mate before the doctor can stop me again. I need to lay eyes on her to make sure

safe.

of monitors, I listen to her breathing, making sure her lungs sound clear. I listen to her heart beat which is beating steady and strong. Thad finally settles in

and sit beside her, taking

everything well, Cyra. I know you're still sleeping, but if you're awake Rina and healing Cyra like Dr. Johnston suspects, I wanted you to know, too.

to my lips, kissing it gently before putting it back on the bed beside her. I need to touch her, to

lay my head on the bed beside her, just listening to her soft,

asleep because the next thing I know, I

my eyes, taking in her beautiful

"Hey, beautiful," I say.

are you doing

an eyebrow and stand up so I can brush some

would I be?" I ask, tucking the hair behind her

"At dinner, maybe?"

the thought enters

you were awake on the camera," she says, nodding on the wall opposite Cyra's bed. I hadn't even noticed it. "How

but better than when I came

Rina awake?" she

says smiling at me. "She says thanks for sitting with her, it did make

"Any time, my mate." Then he begins

at Thad's use of

knee," Dr. Johnston says, pulling the blankets aside and

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dark as they

you, doctor,"

overdo it though. You need your rest too, Rina," the doctor tells her. "Now that

keep you overnight, Cyra. Let the knee rest, let Rina work her magic and then in the morning if all continues to progress well, I'll release you, but you won't be able to go back to sparring until Thursday and that's only if I give you the okay